Production Operations Management category: 1955 books
by Nils Kemme
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2012
The storage yard is the operational and geographical centre of most seaport container terminals. Therefore, it is of particular importance for the whole terminal system and plays a major role for trade and transport flows. One of the latest trends in container-storage operations is the automated...
Operative Transportation Planning
Solutions in Consumer Goods Supply Chains
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2012
Transportation management in today’s consumer goods industry can be characterized by a high proportion of outsourced transportation services. Due to rising freight costs consumer goods manufacturers are seeking opportunities to increase the efficiency of their transportation network. This book presents...
Warehousing in the Global Supply Chain
Advanced Models, Tools and Applications for Storage Systems
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2012
With increased globalization and offshore sourcing, global supply chain managementis becoming an important issue for many businesses as it involves a company's worldwide interests and suppliers rather than simply a local or national orientation. The storage systems significantly affect the level of...
by James Tallant
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2011
Essay from the year 2010 in the subject Business economics - Supply, Production, Logistics, grade: 91.00, University of Phoenix, course: ISCOM 370 Strategic Supply Chain Management, language: English, abstract: Internal/External Sourcing Strategies Paper Organizations face challenges to improve their...
by James Tallant
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2011
Essay from the year 2010 in the subject Business economics - Supply, Production, Logistics, grade: 92.00, University of Phoenix, course: BIS 375 Supply Chain Management Online, language: English, abstract: Emerging Technology and Trends Technology enabled business trends are reshaping E-Business and...
Vertical Cooperative Advertising in Supply Chain Management
A Game-Theoretic Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2014
In this book methods from Operations Research and Game Theory are used to determine companies’ profit-maximizing strategies related to pricing and (cooperative) advertising. It considers different supply chain structures as well as various distributions of power, making it possible to analyze both...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2014
Competing in both high and low-cost operating environments can present a number of unique challenges. In light of global competition and the changing scope of various industries due to technological advancement, these challenges must be addressed in order to ensure business success. Global Perspectives...
The Global Supply Chain
How Technology and Circular Thinking Transform Our Future
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2017
This book provides readers an in-depth understanding of the inner mechanisms and principles of the global supply chain. Authored by the Head of Supply Chain and Transport Industries at the World Economic Forum, it draws on a wealth of operational and managerial expertise in the global supply chain...
Software-Defined Data Infrastructure Essentials
Cloud, Converged, and Virtual Fundamental Server Storage I/O Tradecraft
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2017
Software-Defined Data Infrastructures Essentials provides fundamental coverage of physical, cloud, converged, and virtual server storage I/O networking technologies, trends, tools, techniques, and tradecraft skills. From webscale, software-defined, containers, database, key-value store, cloud, and...
Waste to Wealth - A Distant Dream?
Challenges in the Waste Disposal Supply Chain in Bangalore, India
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2013
This supply chain case study introduces Bangalore, India's lengthy, complex waste collection and management process, and the primary responsibility of BBMP and associated contractors. It focuses on the role of the waste pickers, whose willingness to effectively sort and segregate waste is crucial...
by Bram Kranenburg, Geert-Jan van Houtum
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2015
This book focuses on the tactical planning level for spare parts management. It describes a series of multi-item inventory models and presents exact and heuristic optimization methods, including greedy heuristics that work well for real, life-sized problems. The intended audience consists of graduate...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2015
This book attempts to link some of the recent advances in crowdsourcing with advances in innovation and management. It contributes to the literature in several ways. First, it provides a global definition, insights and examples of this managerial perspective resulting in a theoretical framework....
LISS 2012
Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Logistics, Informatics and Service Science
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2013
Information and communication technology has helped to provide a more effective network infrastructure and development platform for logistics and service operations. In order to meet the needs of consumers, and particularly to promote low-carbon development processes, new types of services will also...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
This contributed volume presents a collection of materials on supply chain management including industry-based case studies addressing petrochemical, pharmaceutical, manufacturing and reverse logistics topics. Moreover, the book covers sustainability issues, as well as optimization approaches. The...